Arielle "Kai" Taramasco
Web ProducerArielle (Kai) Taramasco joins the KPBS newsroom after covering local and international news as a broadcast journalist in San Diego. She began her career interning as a surf photographer with Zak Noyle in her native Hawaii before studying abroad with Semester At Sea. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from Point Loma Nazarene University. Her work has since been featured in Honolulu Star Advertiser, FreeSurf Magazine and The Buttonwood Tree. She’s also won an award for creative media from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.
RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
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In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that two of their leaders join its governing committee. -
The proposed industrial facility could have streamlined delivery of cleaner fuels across the county but would also have brought more pollution to west National City. -
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Labour MP Clive Lewis about the far-right "free-speech" march in London last weekend. -
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While legally questionable, the extension comes just as it appears China and the U.S. may finally have a deal on TikTok's fate. -
House Republicans put forth a proposal to fund the government that includes $30 million for lawmaker security, as Congress grapples with increasing political violence.
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